Open AccessThe Steno Medal
Author(s) -
Ole Graversen
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
bulletin of the geological society of denmark
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.674
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2245-7070
pISSN - 0011-6297
DOI - 10.37570/bgsd-1995-41-20
Subject(s) - medal , gold medal , classics , history , geology , archaeology , art history
The Steno Medal was founded by the Geological Society of Denmark in 1969 on the 300th anniversary of the publication of Nicolai Stenonis: De solido intra solidw11 11amra!iter co111e1110. The original models for the medal were sculptured by royal medallist Harald Salomon. The decision to found the medal was reached by the Geological Society in 1968 after five years of deliberations. The porLrait of Steno hung in the Galleria Uffizi in Florence is Lhe source of the obverse of the medal. while the qua11z crystals figured on the rever e side are from the collection of the Geological Museum. Copenhagen. The Steno Medal is awarded to foreign geologists. in special cases Danes, who have made outstanding comributions within the geological sciences. The medal was presented for the sixth Lime at the I 00 years anniversary symposium of the Geological Society of Denmark in 1993. An analysis of the title page of Steno·s manuscript and of the 1st edition of De solido have lead to a revision of the title in its most frequently used form.